Rapid testing of toxic chemicals

American Laboratory

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 34-37

  Boucher, Nathalie ^a   Lorrain, Lucie ^a   Rouette, Marie Eve ^a   Perron, Elisabeth ^a   Déziel, Nancy ^b   Tessier, Louis ^c   Bellemare, François ^a  

^a Lab Bell Inc   (Canada)

^b Centre National en Electrochimie e Technologies Environnementales (CNETE)

^c Collège Shawinigan ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; TOXICITY;

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUANTUM YIELD; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENZYME COMPLEXES (PEC); WASTEWATER PLANTS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

EID: 18744362736     PISSN: 00447749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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